strange collaborations // strange covers

[orzelc]

It's sort of fun to invent colorful backstories for this kind of thing, like Dylan and his band were playing poker late at night in a hotel room, and Bob wanted to call a big bet but was out of cash. So he said "I'll write a song with a much-mocked pop star," and the bass player said "What, I win, and you'll write a song with who, Michael Freakin' Bolton?" "Whoever you like," says Bob. "Michael Bolton," says the bassist. "Show 'em," says Dylan, and his full house (queens over jacks) loses to four deuces.

Truth is, though, Bob's just a weird guy.

[jtd7]

Jul 17, 2020 0:40:40 GMT -5 @skywaywalker said:

Jul 11, 2020 6:38:32 GMT -5 orzelc said:

... Truth is, though, Bob's just a weird guy.

Case in point:

He showed up to pick up his Nobel Prize dressed in a hoodie.

Really? My understanding was he did not appear in person to accept his Nobel prize, he sent Patti Smith in his stead.

www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-transcendent-patti-smith-accepts-bob-dylans-nobel-prize

[jtd7]

As for strange collaborations, here's Barry White dieting with Luciano Pavarotti:

youtu.be/fHCcM_uV-r8

[jtd7]

Thank you for all that, skywaywalker. I was not paying enough attention to that story, rambling though it may be. I have to make time now to listen to the whole lecture.

[tbob]

I think the Metallica/Lou Reed album Lulu is a misunderstood classic. I grew up listening to both artists but while I still listen to Lou and VU I barely bother with Metallica these days.
If you have a knowledge of early ‘90’s British baggy music this cracker takes some beating... youtu.be/LzAUV5MfenU

[thrasher9294]

Aug 26, 2020 16:21:53 GMT -5 tbob said:

I think the Metallica/Lou Reed album Lulu is a misunderstood classic. I grew up listening to both artists but while I still listen to Lou and VU I barely bother with Metallica these days.
If you have a knowledge of early ‘90’s British baggy music this cracker takes some beating... youtu.be/LzAUV5MfenU

I was never a Metallica fan but I've been a fan of Lou's/VU since high school. I do think Lulu has some good tracks—I'd even say Junior Dad is one of my favorite tracks Lou's done. A lot of the negativity that record gets ignores the weird shit Lou's done like "Like A Possum"